Detachable hinge for windows and the like.



'PATENTED MAR. .6, 1906. G.H.PARKBR. DETAGHABLE HINGE FOR WINDOWS ANDTHB LIKE.

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WITNESSES No. 814,391. PATENTED MAR. 6, 1906.

G. H. KER. DETAGHABLE HINGE PO NDOWS AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED APR.23. 1904.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE HENRY PARKER, OF NEW YORK. N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO CHARLES HElVIING WAY PLATT, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT DETACHABLE HINGE FOR W INDOWS AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

ratented March 6, 1906.

Application Z3, S01E11 N01 To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that LGEoReE HENRY PARKER, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in De tachable Hinges for Vindows and the Like, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to attachments for windows whereby they may be swung away from the window-frame.

One of the objects thereof is to provide a device whereby a window may be swung i nwardly for washing or other purposes.

Other objects will be in part obvious and in part pointed out hereinafter. I

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements, and arrangement of parts, which will be hereinafter set forth and the scope of the application of which will be indicated in the following claims.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein are illustrated two of various possible embodiments of my invention, Figure 1 is an elevation of a sash adapted to be swung in accordance with my invention, part of the sash being broken away. Fig. 2 is a cross-section on line as :1 of Fig. 1, showing the sash in normal position. Fig. 3 is .a similar view showing the sash swung inwardly ready for washing. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the several parts of an attachment embodying my invention in a slightly different manner. Fig. 5 is an elevation of a round-topped sash provided with this form of attachment in operative position. Fig. 6 is a cross-section on line y y of Fi 5.

Similar reference characters are used to refer to similar parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

Referring now to Fig. 1, A represents'the lower sash of an ordinary window. Into front stop B are driven screws 1 and 2 to such a distance that they take into the stop firmly and yet the heads thereof are out of contact with the outer surface of the same. Plate 3 is provided with a channel adapted to fit the body of screws 1 and 2, substantially identical with that shown in Fig. 4 in plate 3 of a later-described embodiment, and is open at the lower end, so as to be adapted to slide connecting-web 3 engages screw 1.

downwardly upon the same and be retained in place between the heads thereof and the surface of stop B.

"Upon plate 3 are mounted posts 4, having openings 5 at the inner portion thereof of such size as readily to permit the passage of the heads of screws 1 and 2. Posts 4 are connect ed by a pin 6, upon which is pivotally mounted a locking-plate 7. This plate is provided with a projection 7 adapted in one of the positions of the same to block the passage leading between openings 5 in the .posts 4. Mounted upon or formed integral with this member is a bifurcated upright plate 8, the limbs of which are adapted to engage screw 9 upon sash A, as shown in Fig. 1. The upper end of the limbs or bifurcations are preferably beveled, as shown at 8 for a purpose hereinafter explained.

The operation of the above embodiment of my invention should be largely obvious. When it is desired to swing the sash for washing or other purpose, plate 3 is slid down-- wardly upon screws 1 and 2 until the upper This is accomplished with part 7 in the position shown in Fig. 3, so as to allow a free passage for the heads of screws 1 and 2. Sash A is then slightly raised and upright plate 8 swung against the same, thus locking plate 3 upon stop B by reason of projection 7 preventing egress of the head of screw 1. Sash A is then lowered, the screw 9 being engaged by the beveled surfaces 8 and the sash drawn from the parting-strip 0 against the front stop B. Screw 9 then enters the channel between the bifurcations of plate 8, as shown in Fig. 1. The parts are now in the position shown in cross-section in Fig. 2, and the front stop upon the opposite side of the sash (not shown, as it forms no part of the present invention) is then removed and the sash swung into the position indicated in Fig. 3. To restore the several parts, a reverse series of operations is performed.

In theembodiment shown in Figs. 4 to 6 screws 1 and 2 are replaced by a plate 10, adapted to be secured to stop B by screws or other retaining means and provided with locking-lugs 1 and 2. Plate 3 with the associated posts 4 and member 7 are substantially identical with the previously-described corresponding parts and are adapted to enmanner and for the same purpose as the corresponding parts in the previously-described embodiment engage screws 1 and 2. Mounted upon sash A, by screws or other retaining means, is a lug 9, adapted to be engaged by the bifurcated plate 8 in the same manner as screw 9 is engaged by plate 8 in the previously-described embodiment. If desired a curved sash may be hinged, as shown in Fig. 5, the only change requisite in the attachment being a lengthening of the part 7 The manner of using this embodiment of my invention is substantially identical with that hereinbefore described.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a device of few, simple, and easily-duplicated parts, whereby a sash may be swung into any desired position about a given axis. It will also be seen that the device is readily detachable and yet securely locked in position. Also with similar sashes the parts may be so positioned that one set of attachments may be used for an indefinite number of sashes. Moreover, as the sash is automatically drawn against the front stop, objectionable friction between the rear surfaces of the sash and the parting-strip is avoided. The fact that several attachments usedupon one sash are independent is also a decidedly advantageous feature, in that it obviates the necessity of exactly spacing the fixtures upon the sash and front stop when it is desired to use one set of attachments for several sashes. The advantage of using screws as the fixed members in the matter of economy and ease of application will be obvious.

It will be obvious that the attachment could be mounted with equal facility upon the parting-strip in place of the front stop and that various other changes could be made in the constructions above described. Accordingly I desire that all matter herein described,and shown in the accompanying drawings, shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In combination, a slidable member, a stationary member, means fixed upon the slid able member, means fixed upon the stationary member, detachable hinged means comprising a pair of pivotally-connected members one of which is constructed to engage the means on the stationary member and interlock therewith, the other of said pivotallyconnected members being provided with inclined means adapted to engage the means on the slid able member and draw the same toward the stationary member.

2. In combination, a slidable member, a stationary member, means fixed upon said slidable member, means fixed upon said stationary member, and detachable hinged means constructed to engage the fixed means on the stationary member and interlock therewith and provided with a beveled sursaid second-mentioned means and provided with means whereby said second plate is adapted to lock said first plate in engagement with said first-mentioned fixed means.

4. In combination, a slidable member, a stationary member, means fixed upon said stationary member, means fixed upon said slidable member, a plate adapted to engage said first-mentioned fixed means, posts upon said. plate, and a second plate hinged thereto adapted to engage said second means and provided with means whereby said second plate is adapted to lock said first-mentioned plate in engagement with said first-mentioned fixed means.

5. In combination, a slidable member, a stationary member, means fixed upon the slidable member, means fixed'upon the stationary member and a hinge comprising a plate adapted. slidably to engage the means upon the fixed member, and a plate'pivoted thereto provided with means automatically to engage the fixed means upon the sliding member and draw the latter toward the fixed member.

6. In combination, a hinge-plate, fixed means adapted to be engaged thereby, said hinge-plate having a channel through which a portion of said fixed means is adapted to pass, a part upon said hinge-plate having an auxiliary channel through which another portion of said fixed means is adapted to pass, and a second hinge-plate pivotally connected to the first hinged plate and provided with means adapted to obstruct said auxiliary channel and. leave said first-mentioned channel clear.

7. In combination, a slidable member, a stationary member, means fixed upon said stationary member, means fixed upon said slidable member, a plate adapted to engage said first fixed means, and a second plate hinged thereto and provided with an upright member adapted to engage said second means, and means whereby said second plate is adapted to lock said first plate in engagement with said first-mentioned fixed means.

8. In combination, a slidable member, a stationary member, means fixed upon said stationary member, means fixed upon said slidable member, a plate adapted to engage said first-mentioned fixed means, a second plate hinged. thereto provided with a bifurcated upright member constructed to engage said second mentioned fixed means, and means whereby said second plate is adapted to lock said first plate in engagement with said first fixed means.

9. In combination, a slidable member, a stationary member, means fixed upon said slidable member, means fixed upon said stationary member, a plate adapted to engage said second-mentioned fixed means, a second plate hinged thereto adapted to engage said first-mentioned fixed means and provided with means whereby said second plate is adapted to lock said first plate in engagement with said second fixed means, and means whereby said slidable member'is drawn toward said stationary member upon engagement of said second-mentioned plate with the means fixed thereon.

10. In combination, a slidable member, a stationary member, means fixed upon said slidable member, means fixed upon said stationary member, a plate adapted to engage said second-mentioned fixed means, posts upon said plate, a second plate hinged there to and adapted to engage said first-mentioned means and provided with means whereby said second plate .is adapted to lock said first plate in engagement with said second mentioned fixed means, and means whereby said slidable member is drawn toward said stationary member upon engagement of said second-mentioned plate with the means fixed thereon.

11. In combination, a slidable member, a stationary member, means fixed upon said slidable member, means fixed upon said stationary member, a plate adapted to engage said second-mentioned fixedmeans, a second plate hinged thereto, an upright member mounted thereon and adapted to engage said first-mentioned means, said second plate being provided with means whereby the same is adapted to lock said first plate in engagement with said second fixed means, and beveled surfaces upon said upright member whereby said slidable member is drawn to ward said stationary member upon engagement of said second-mentioned plate with the means fixed thereon.

12. In combination, a sash, a frame, a post upon said sash, a plurality of posts on. said frame, a plate constructed to engage said posts upon said frame and a plate hinged thereto constructed to engage said post upon said sash and to lock said first-mentioned plate in engagement with said posts upon said frame.

13. In combination, a sash, a frame, a post upon said sash, a plurality of posts upon said frame, a plate constructed to engage said posts on said frame, and a plate constructed to engage said post on said sash and having a projection adapted to lock said first plate in engagement with said posts on said frame.

14. In combination, a sash, a frame, posts having enlarged heads upon said frame, a post having an enlarged head upon said sash, a plate constructed to engage said posts on said frame, and a plate hinged thereto constructed to engage said post on said sash and having a projection adapted to engage the head of one of said posts upon said frame and lock the same in engagement with said firstmentioned plate.

15. In combination, a sash, a frame, a post having an enlarged head upon said sash, posts having enlarged heads upon said frame, a plate having a channel into which said posts upon said frame are adapted to slide, and a plate hinged thereto having a channel into which said post upon said sash is adapted to slide, said second-mentioned plate being provided with a projection adapted to engage the head of one of said posts upon said frame and lock said first-mentioned plate in engagement with said posts upon said frame.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE HENRY PARKER. Witnesses:

H. S. DUELL,

F. P. WARFIELD. 

